Comments on: Disruptive Thinkers: Ben Casnocha Wants You To Stop Making So Many Damn Plans

By: Earl Morrison

Earl Morrison — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:17:21 +0000

I could call reading about this randomness topic an act of Randomness. I started off on Twitter an hour ago trying to help a halpless politician get a bit more clout in his run to save the world. Now I find myself on “CopyBlogger” jumping from one topic to another. At the age of 80, I now am about as random as they get. Just ask my wife!

By: Great Expectations « Shades of Sike

Great Expectations « Shades of Sike — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:02:07 +0000

[...] know what to expect. I thought changing scenery would be a great way to expose myself to randomness. Which has been the case. But largely my same train of thought remains from past circumstances. [...]

By: Simple Living Through White Space

Simple Living Through White Space — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:00:41 +0000

[...] the white space creates the freedom to actually expose yourself to positive randomness, the key to stumbling into cool opportunities. [...]

By: rparra

rparra — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:00:09 +0000

I am reading Taleb’s seminal work on randomness (The Black Swan) and its importance especially when it comes to explaining tremendous impact on differing fields. Maybe as a cause of having those ideas already in my head that Casnocha’s ideas seem more correct – in fact Taleb’s arguments seem to buttress them … I am rambling again ….

By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Passion Must Be Actively Pursued, Not Passively Waited On — Welcome Zen Habits Readers

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:26:59 +0000

[...] identify them with self reflection or personality tests; you must instead expose yourself to bulk positive randomness and see what [...]

By: 7 Acts of Randomness to Disturb and Enrage Buried Creativity « Be Playful

7 Acts of Randomness to Disturb and Enrage Buried Creativity « Be Playful — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:11:43 +0000

[...] of randomness and precocious entrepreneur Ben Casnocha explains why moments of spontaneous randomness can end up being the most creative and productive of [...]

By: there is something about…randomness! « surviv!ng on rAndom thotZ

there is something about…randomness! « surviv!ng on rAndom thotZ — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:54:05 +0000

[...] and another link on the 7 acts of randomness…. post…..gets me to read this: Its a post on interview with Ben Casnocha… [...]

By: 7 Acts of Randomness to Disturb and Enrage Buried Creativity: beplayful.org

7 Acts of Randomness to Disturb and Enrage Buried Creativity: beplayful.org — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:37:34 +0000

[...] of randomness and precocious entrepreneur Ben Casnocha explains why moments of spontaneous randomness can end up being the most creative and productive of [...]

By: Scott H Young » Do You Need More Effort or Better Opportunities?

Scott H Young » Do You Need More Effort or Better Opportunities? — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:29:26 +0000

[...] Casnocha was the first to suggest this strategy. The basic idea is that you expose yourself to as much randomness as possible. Go to the [...]

By: Scheduling Randomness | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog

Scheduling Randomness | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:08:46 +0000

[...] more I ponder it, the more blatant good sense this post makes: a certain amount of organization and routine is essential for forward motion in life, but [...]